Item-sorting facility comprising a system for detecting and analysing the path of the items and sorting method

A method for sorting items comprising the following steps:

• providing at least one conveyor forming a circulation path for the items, the conveyor including supports designed to support the items,
• providing at least one receiving device,
• ejecting at least some of the items in series via the supports into or onto the receiving device, the ejected items describing actual paths (Tr) with respect to the receiving device,
• providing a predefined set (Tr-Out) of potential paths considered to be incorrect, the actual paths (Tr) being capable of belonging to the predefined set (Tr-Out),
• detecting in order to provide primary information relating to the actual paths (Tr), respectively, and
• analysing the actual paths (Tr) from the primary information and obtaining secondary information showing that at least one of the actual paths (Tr) belongs to the predefined set (Tr-Out).